OCHA panels at international humanitarian studies conference

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Headquarters (OCHA)

Date:

24-27 Oct 2013

Location:

Turkey (Istanbul)

Venue:

Kadir Has University

At the 2013 International Humanitarian Studies Conference on "Human Security: Humanitarian Perspectives and Responses" OCHA Policy will be hosting or co-hosting two panels:

Applying a risk management approach to humanitarian crises

This panel will explore how risk management concepts can be applied to humanitarian crises. Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritisation of risks followed by action to avoid, mitigate or transfer their adverse effects. Papers could cover topics including:

Risk analysis, mapping and monitoring in humanitarian settings

Early warning and early action

Strategic and joint planning for managing risk and increasing resilience

Innovative programming that address risk, for example through risk transfer or sharing

Scaling up funding and adapting funding mechanisms for reducing and managing risk

This panel will explore how humanitarian are balancing protection of sensitive information with the need to collect and share potentially sensitive information, as well as the impact of new technologies. Papers could cover topics including:

Practical and ethical challenges around data privacy or protection in humanitarian contexts

Legal issues around open data and information sharing

“Cyberwarfare” techniques and their implications for humanitarian work

Practical approaches to data security and privacy in needs assessment, monitoring or evaluation